General Assault on Kemmel Front Signals Crucial Allied Test
Allied forces face a major German push along the Kemmel front southwest of Ypres as bombardments and infantry attacks surge across a ten mile frontal arc. German operations target Voormezeele Locre and Mount Kemmel while French and British units contest positions near Lorre Hangard wood and Villers-Bretonneux with heavy artillery and intermittent infantry action.
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Kemmel ‘Ront
Ypres
Flanver
156 Names On Casualty List From War Department
Washington April 29. The War Department released two casualty lists listing 156 names. Killed in action are 22 including Captain Arthur F. Locke and several corporals and privates. Died of wounds, disease, and accidents are noted, with many wounded or missing. The report also covers officer and enlisted fatalities from multiple branches and mentions broader war context in Europe.
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Washington
War Department
Mazies
Arthur F. Locke
Edward J. Kline
Joseph Sokovich
Arthur J. Paulson
Wallace C. Winter, Jr
Francis Barnes
Alvin W. Gordon
Mike Kuzmisky
David F. Lindgren
Daniel E. Murdock
William J. O’brien
Melvin F. Rice
John J. Ryan
Charles J. Blankford
Gregore Paleologus
John Taylor
Anthony Markarewicz
Stanley Miedowski
Robin Moore
Thomas H. Musker
William O'Dell
Walter J. Round
Herbert A. Chase
James J. Flanagan
Robert Hayes
William J. Kievenaar
William H. Osborn
John P. Ratajczak
Ralph Bove
Howard L. Burndin
Walter B. Grant
John J. Hopkins
Wilfred B. Johnson
William L
Patrick J. Sullivan
Charles C. Watsor
Ralph Whipford
Antonio Wiervissis
Jas. N. Muldoon
Benjamin James
Jack B. Kendrick
Harold McDonald
Elias Boynton
Michal Bobeln
Dennis G. Coulohares
Stanley Gosinki
Elmer N. Holyoke
William J. Kentile
Charles H. Patterson
Joseph Ramando
George C. Ransom
Edward W. Smalley
Joseph A Chauncey
Russell J. Flesher
Charles E. Anthony
Ralph H. Beal
George R. Giddings
Milton F. Gifford
Charles B Goggins
Joseph Grigons
Frederick J. Grove
Samuel P. Hopley
Edward J. Heffernan
Franx R. Johnson
Charles H. Jones
James J. Kelley
Charles R. Kelson
Arthur G. Kilian
Stanley Kozikowski
Gen. H. Kripps
Frederick R. Langmaid
Edmund M. Martin
Charles Mason
Morris Mullman
Edward L. Nowack
Alfred L. Parent
Vincent Polito
Robert L. Puckett
Samuel E. Rambo
Tony Rasky
Alfred Saindon
Stephen W. Sawyer
Baslow Skibo
Starke M. Slaughter
John F. Smith
Wilbur M. Smith
Managill Tremblay
Abe Venner
Walter S. Wolf
Edgar B. Noland
American Troops Hold Front Near Paris and Amiens
American forces dig in along a rolling French front facing heavy shelling and nearby towns, with patrols active at night as they prepare to defend positions and advance if possible. Piling work begins at Liberty Shipyard for tankers to aid Mexican oil trade, while plans for labor revival and city beautification are set for Chamber of Commerce meetings tomorrow.
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Liberty Shipbuilding Company
Chamber of Commerce At & O
North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
American YMCA Workers Survive Torpedoed Ship Near London
A convoy ship carrying about 250 aboard torpedoed and sank in 12 minutes. Fifty seven American YMCA workers under Arthur Hungerford arrived in London safely with three crew lost. Destroyers rescued lifeboats as periscope sightings were reported and depth bombs dropped.
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London
Associated Press
Baker
Charles Vickery
Saline
Kas
War Department reports American troops in action East of Amiens
The War Department confirms American units have joined fighting near Amiens as Allied operations continue. It stresses the need for large, immediate drafts to replace troops and sustain the German onslaught, noting the outcome hinges on manpower and continued coordinated action with French and British forces.
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Washington
War Department
Amiens
America
Leicheprey
Toul
France
Great Britain
Avre
Wytschaete
Dranoutre
Holland Yields to Germany D demands on sand and gravel
London dispatch reports Holland yielded to German demands on transport and sand and gravel supplies though limits will apply. A general German understanding is requested that gravel not be used militarily. Rumors say Dr John Loudon may resign as foreign affairs minister due to the revocation of gravel commitments.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Mikolaievich
Finland
Alexis
Russia
Red Guard
Viborg
Qermans
trans-Caucasia
Brest-Litovsk
Constantinople
Holland
Germany
London
Belgium
Berlin
Hague
Lo«w
Daily Mail
John Loudon
Proposed Lumber Rate Increases Denied
Washington April 29 proposed lumber rate hikes from Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia to Buffalo Pittsburgh and Central Freight Association territories were disapproved in a tentative ICC examiner report made public today.
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Washington
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carlina
Georgia
Buffalo- Pittsburgh
Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Troops Enter Allied Mne in Picardy East of Amiens
The Paris war office announced Wednesday night that American troops had entered the Allied Mne in Picardy east of Amiens. The German attack along a long front from the Somme north to Castel saw stubborn fighting around Hangard, with part of the town retaken by French on Friday. A Paris dispatch reported over 100 wounded Americans arriving at Paris hospitals from the battlefront.
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Mne
Picardy
Amiens
Paris War Office
Somme
Castel
Hangard
Paris
German Demand Exchange Threat Over Russian Prisoners
Washington reports Germany has demanded a prisoner exchange with Russia and threatens to take Petrograd if terms are not met. A 115 member German commission is to present demands for immediate release of healthy German prisoners and care for ill ones, with reciprocal release of ill or incapacitated Russian prisoners.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
State Department
Two American Transports Return After Sea Collision
Washington reports two American transports damaged in a convoy collision at sea have arrived safely at an Atlantic port. Both ships were running without lights, no lives were lost, and repairs will be made. A board of inquiry will investigate the incident.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy Department
Damiels
Congress of War Prisoners Meets in Moscow
A congress of war prisoners representing all nationalities of the central empires has met in Moscow. The several hundred internationalists discuss preparations for a social revolution in western Russia and the establishment of a Soviet republic.
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Moscow
Russia
McVean on Finance Directors Appoints Four War Finance Directors
President Wilson named four directors for the new War Finance Corporation with a 500 million dollar authority and a capital issues committee. William P. G. Harding of Alabama, Allen Forbes of New York, Eugene Meyer Jr of New York, and Angus W. McLean of North Carolina were chosen for terms of two and four years respectively.
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Washington
Wilson
War Finance Corporation
War Finance Corporation Act
William P. G. Harding
Alabama
Allen Forbes
New York
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Angus W. McLean
North Carolina
Harding
Forbes
Meyer
McLean
Judge Graves Declines U S Senate Appointment
Jefferson City Missouri April 298 Judge W W Graves declined the U S Senate appointment offered Friday by Governor Gardner Graves, then chief justice of the Missouri court, cited the vacancy created by the death of Senator Stone.
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Graves
Jefferson City
W. W. Graves
United States
Gardner
Missouri Court
Senator Stone
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Voormeezle
Tia
Maig
von Arnim
Mount Kemmel
Locre
Shanpenburg
Mount Rouge
Mont Note
Lorre
Lys Erate
Givenchy
Nieppe
Hkewise
Lens
Arras
Festabert
Hangard Wood
Villersretonneux
sZion
Lassigny
Sevon
Olntdidler
Casualty
Peter F. Crowley
Samuel Darling
James 4. Deady
Davis O. Lawrence
William G. Pierce
Olof W. Link
Benjamin J. Clarke
Howard A. Frye
Norman F. Hood
Norbert E. Rigby
Enos C. Sawyer
James T. Williams
Advange Amiens
Liberty Shipyard
Y.M.C.A
Memos
The
Congress OF War Prisoners
A. W. McVean
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